We live in an exciting age
for information – and a daunting one!Information
is available in so many formats and from so many different resources, it’s
difficult to keep track of them for ourselves, much less make them readily and
easily available for our students.The
library is introducing a new service this semester that is designed to make this
task easier.With electronic
reserves, you can maintain a list of all of these course materials in a
single place:

1.

Books (and other print-only
materials) kept on reserve in the library;

2.

Links to articles found in the
library databases;

3.

A link to a predefined search in
InfoTrac or ProQuest, the results of which are constantly updated as new
articles are acquired by the database;

Scanned copies of articles or
book chapters (these require copyright
permission after the 1st semester).

Your students can then
access the electronic reserve materials (items 2-6) from any computer with Internet
access at any time and any place.Currently enrolled students
use their Access Card and a library PIN
to log in to eReserves and library databases.

You'll find more information
about eReserves and related library services on the SCC
library
web
page.If you’re interested in
looking at an example of the various options available in e-reserves, I have
created a reserve list for an imaginary class – The History of Books and
Libraries.You can access this list
through LOIS, the
library catalog.Simply type Test
101 for the class, or Roundtree for the Professor (NOTE: For ease of use, not
all items are passworded).

For further information,
or to request that items be placed on electronic reserve, please contact Lorilie
Roundtree (558-2678).